藤儿点评：英文的词汇量已经过了百万，现在还在快速增长。你看着「Selfie」这个英文单词被牛津词典收编入词条，就肯相信了吧......
自从「Selfie」一词诞生以来，又派生出无数与「Selfie」相关的词汇(Its other popular variations)。例如：
Belfie (Selfie with butts/behinds)
Delfie (Selfie with a dog)
Felfie (Selfie with a farm animal)
Pelfie (Selfie with a pet)
Smelfie (Selfie with a man holding up his baby's soiled diaper while frowning)
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它们的出现标志着人们再也不需要找任何画家/专业摄影师，就可以随时随地和世界分享真真实实的自己！
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来源：凤凰网 2013-11-20
“自拍——selfie”当选年度英语热词
英国牛津词典19号公布的调查显示，意为‘自拍’的英语单词“Selfie”，当选2013年度英语热词。
Selfie一词最早出现于2002年，源自澳大利亚一家社交媒体中的自造词，意思是“自拍”或“自拍照”。随着近年社交网络的迅速发展，这个单词才在最近几年兴起，并被广泛使用于网络。牛津词典随后将这个新进单词纳入词典，并定义为自拍照，尤其是指通过智能手机和网络摄像头拍摄的，并上传至社交网络的自拍照。
根据统计，仅在过去一年中，自拍一词在英语中的使用频率，就增加了1.7万%。而伴随近年社交网络自拍风潮的盛行，为自己拍张照，已经不再只是普通网民的喜好，加入这一风潮行列的人中，不乏英国首相卡梅伦，美国第一夫人米歇尔，以及美国前国务卿希拉里等政治人物。
牛津字典的研究人员每年选出最能反映时代特色的英文词汇。牛津词典的编辑就表示，评选年度词汇，是为了表彰英语使用者，在面对社会、政治或技术变革时所表现的创造力。
凤凰卫视 张轶、张巍 伦敦报道 
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来源： metronews.ca 2013-09-09
Is this the face of the new 3D selfie?
Contributed Art student Lorna Barnshaw's '3D selfie': "I tried all the available options but you can’t recreate natural lighting so the face appears lifeless and cold."
Whether in a revolution, crime scene or dinner party, the selfie — Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year — is an essential souvenir. British art student Lorna Barnshaw has taken the craze a step further with her ‘Replicants’ project, capturing herself with the most advanced scanners and 3D-printing herself in full size.
I read that you wanted to recreate reality. How close did you come?
Not very close, because the scanners create glitches, so this is more about showing where the technology is at the moment. I tried to step back and let the machines do the work but they struggled at times and couldn’t get the back of the head right.
I tried all the available options but you can’t recreate natural lighting so the face appears lifeless and cold. With photos you can see emotion in a real-life environment. In a way this is what happens to us as we adapt and integrate with technology.
What does this say about human immersion in technology?
It’s very strong and you can see that already with printed body parts and the augmented reality we can access. It’s both exciting and scary, because technology has glitches. We are always trying to perfect it but never satisfied.
Does the selfie craze prove we are all hopeless narcissists now?
It’s about documentation of everything in life and gives you the appearance of control in it. We can create mirrors wherever we go.
What might you do with your replicant?
I’m sure it would make a good alibi.
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